[gui-talk] FW: FREE Screen reader for the visually impaired thattranslates Text to Audio

[Jude DaShiell]

I've used thunder before and found it accessible and actually pretty 
good.  By now, it's not a new screen reader and last time I checked out 
the web site it had support for windows 7 working very shortly after 
windows 7 came out.  It doesn't do libreoffice or openoffice very well 
but then again nvda can't do either of them at all either.  The claim 
was that nvda could work with openoffice and libreoffice where thunder 
could not.  I was one of the people who manage to disprove that.  Lotus 
symphony works with nvda and my guess is it won't yet work with thunder 
yet.  The big difference between thunder and nvda though is that nvda is 
open source and if you know python and can get familiar with the code 
base and find a problem, you can fix it.  Thunder is closed source.  The 
writers of nvda are blind and wrote it in python starting back in 2006.

On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Loy wrote:

> Don't know anything about this one but NVDA is another free one that works
> pretty good.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "hawkeye" <hawkeye at cox.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:51 PM
> Subject: [gui-talk] FW: FREE Screen reader for the visually impaired
> thattranslates Text to Audio
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> 
> > Does anyone here know anything about this?
> >
> >  _____
> >
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 8:15 PM
> > To: hawkeye
> > Subject: FREE Screen reader for the visually impaired that translates Text
> > to Audio
> >
> >
> >
> > <http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=13167&utm_medium=nl&utm_s
> > ource=dotd&utm_content=2012-08-28-article&utm_campaign=title> Screen reader
> > for the visually impaired
> >
> > For the visually impaired, technology can be a path to more fulfilling
> > lifestyle. Unfortunately, the graphic interfaces most computers use can be a
> > hinderance.
> >
> > Translating text into audio is one of the solutions people with limited or
> > no eyesight employ to overcome that barrier. Thunder is an award-winning,
> > free screen-reader program that does just that.
> >
> > It helps blind and visually impaired people navigate their computers by
> > reading text, menus, links and buttons. Using Thunder, you won't need your
> > mouse. You'll be able to hear buttons and icons to find your way around your
> > computer.
> >
> > Thunder is available in five languages and installs quickly and easily.
> > There are also several manuals for beginning users to help you make the most
> > of this life-changing software.
> >
> > Cost: Free
> > Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
> >
> > http://www.screenreader.net/index.php?pageid=11
> >
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